The cycle begins

For the first time since Alex was born, I set my alarm and was awake before him. I even got ready without a toddler hanging on my leg. The ironic thing is that I was up so early to go back to where it all started! It was my first of many early morning visits to REACH.

The purpose of today's visit was to obtain baseline blood work and have a baseline ultrasound. The results were almost identical to those of my previous baseline tests ... difficult to view the right ovaries and the presence of a small cyst on the left. As cysts typically resolves on their own, there was no cause for concern.

My blood work looked good so I was given the go ahead to begin birth control. This enables the doctor to have complete control over ovulation during the treatment cycle.

This means that we have officially begun our IVF cycle! If we follow the same path as we did with Alex, we'll have our retrieval and transfer in mid-October. While we won't have a definite timeline until next week, I wanted to share what's happened so far, especially as things have been moving so quickly.

Thanks for your continued love and support!